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Definition of connote verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

connote

verb
 
/kəˈnəʊt/
 
/kəˈnəʊt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they connote
 
/kəˈnəʊt/
 
/kəˈnəʊt/
he / she / it connotes
 
/kəˈnəʊts/
 
/kəˈnəʊts/
past simple connoted
 
/kəˈnəʊtɪd/
 
/kəˈnəʊtɪd/
past participle connoted
 
/kəˈnəʊtɪd/
 
/kəˈnəʊtɪd/
-ing form connoting
 
/kəˈnəʊtɪŋ/
 
/kəˈnəʊtɪŋ/
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  1. connote something (of a word) to suggest a feeling, an idea, etc. as well as the main meaning
    • It's a brand name that connotes luxury.
    compare denoteTopics Suggestions and advicec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConnote is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • term
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin connotare ‘mark in addition’, from con- ‘together with’ + notare ‘to note’ (from nota ‘a mark’).
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